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East Maui Appeals: On January 9, the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi filed a notice of appeal to the Environmental Circuit Court of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources’ December 13, 2024, decisions to grant a revocable permit to … Continued
This month, the state Commission on Water Resource Management is expected to decide whether or not to accept or reject a petition from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to designate the Waiʻanae aquifer sector as a groundwater management area. … Continued
Board Grants Permit to Former Tenant To Close, Remediate Moloaʻa Well Site On February 14, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources granted a right-of-entry permit to allow Jeffrey Lindner to finish capping a well, remove any pipelines and … Continued
In their ongoing federal lawsuit against the City & County of Honolulu, companies owned by the developer of the Marconi Point Condominiums on Oʻahu’s North Shore now argue that a 2017 email among Department of Planning and Permitting staff that … Continued
The public trust doctrine is known to apply to water resources and to conservation lands in Hawaiʻi. And an August 2019 ruling by the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court further clarified that all public natural resources are held in trust by the … Continued
Maunalua Bay Fisheries Management Area Wins Approval After Years of Negotiation “Part of the reason we were able to come to an understanding of the need to do something is that the science is showing Maunalua Bay has some of … Continued
More Protections for Cetaceans: At its recent meeting in Fiji, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission adopted a measure intended to provide some measure of protection to whales and dolphins that interact with longline fishing vessels throughout the vast … Continued
Board Denies Permits For Hololani Revetment In a 4-3 vote, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources denied a recommendation to amend a 2018 board action to include approvals of a construction right-of-entry permit for a rock revetment fronting … Continued
Kona Three Goes Down: The long and fraught controversy over a housing development proposed more than 40 years ago just south of Kailua-Kona seems to have come to an end. On November 20, the Hawaiʻi County Council voted down a … Continued